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While SCP and SFTP are available out of the box on Linux and Mac systems, ITS also offers downloads of Fetch (login required) for MacOS and WS_FTP (login required) for Windows from the Software Download site. In addition, SecureCRT also has SFTP capability. Below are some basic examples showing syntax for both tools. Note that while the examples are specific to Helium, they are broadly applicable, and both commands have extensive man pages available. 

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Off-campus access to the default ssh/scp/sftp port of 22 has been blocked at the campus border. Therefore, users must specify an alternate port in order for these tools to work from off campus. Helium and Neon use port 40 for off campus, non-VPN access. Some examples below show port specification.

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SCP

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titleCopy file from local to Helium (note alternate port specification)

[user@local ~]$scp -P 40 file1 hawkid@helium.hpc.uiowa.edu:file1

 

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titleCopy file1 and file2 to your home directory on Helium

[user@local ~]$scp file1 file2 hawkid@helium.hpc.uiowa.edu:file:~

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titleCopy directory from local to Helium

[user@local ~]$scp -r dir1 hawkid@helium.hpc.uiowa.edu:dir1

 SFTP

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